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Gambia granted AGOA visa
afrol News, 9 May - The United States government has granted The Gambia a textile visa which allows the country to export textile and garment products to the U.S. duty free and quota free under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
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Gambia warns against crossborder trade
afrol News, 15 April - Gambian farmers have been warned to desist from selling their cereals and grains to "traders from the sub-region" instead of the government-controlled company. Read more
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Gambian police went missing
afrol News, 7 April - After a bitter altercation with the government, a Gambian police officer has reportedly gone missing. This development comes on the heels of Momodou Lamin Dampha's detention at the police headquarters in the capital Banjul. Read more
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Gambia’s electoral chief fined
afrol News, 19 March - A regional court has found the former Gambian Chief Electoral Officer of guilty of forgery. Kawsu Ceesay was ordered to pay US $2,000, or in default goes to jail for thee months.
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Gambia's agric minister fired
afrol News, 12 March - Dr Kanja Sanneh, The Gambia's Minister of Agriculture, has become the latest casualty of President Yahya Jammeh's hiring and firing spree. Read more
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Gambia editor returns to dock
afrol News, 28 February - The former editor of the 'Daily Observer', a pro-government newspaper, was back in the dock at the Banjul Magistrate's Courts to answer charges of publishing false information. Read more
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Expelled firm's chief arraigned
afrol News, 22 February - The manager of the expelled Australian mining firm [Carnegie Minerals] has been arraigned before the Banjul High Court, charged with four counts of mineral offences. Read more
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Tortured journalist flees Gambia
afrol News, 19 February - A Sierra Leonean journalist, Mohamed Oury Bah, was forced to flee The Gambia after he has had his share of persecution in the hands of the country's notoriously feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Read more
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Gambia probes expelled firm
afrol News, 14 February - Gambian authorities have launched an investigation into the operations of an Australian mining firm, Carnegie Minerals, in their country. Read more
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Court decides Gambia case
afrol News, 30 January - The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is expected to deliver its verdict on the case of a disappeared Gambian journalist, Chief Ebrima Manneh on Thursday. Read more
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APRC sweeps Gambia polls
afrol News, 25 January - The Gambia's ruling Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) swept 45 of the 58 contested council seats as well as winning two mayoral seats in Thursday's local government elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared.
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Gambia holds local elections
afrol News, 24 January - Over 350,000 Gambians have returned to the polls to elect their local government representatives - exactly a year after the country held national assembly polls. This time voters will elect mayors, municipal chairpersons and councillors. Read more
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» 22.01.2008 - Gambia suspends RFI
» 21.01.2008 - Gambia discovers uranium
» 17.01.2008 - Gambia halts mining firm
» 14.01.2008 - Gambia gets alternative media
» 03.01.2008 - Gambia increases salaries
» 27.12.2007 - Gambia set for oil drilling
» 26.12.2007 - What's killing Gambian soldiers?
» 17.12.2007 - Editor's killers still at large
» 12.12.2007 - Ex-prisons chief convicted
» 07.12.2007 - Gambia telecoms finally gets board
» 28.11.2007 - Gambia sued over torture
» 23.11.2007 - Gambia judgment rescheduled
» 21.11.2007 - CHOGM to suspend Gambia
» 20.11.2007 - MFWA petitions bulldozers
» 19.11.2007 - Gambia's torture leader falls
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